UBS #7: Deadpan's Bestest Nameday Gift Retrospective
Unabashed Book Snobbery Thursdays
The dissection of Game of Thrones's Season 5 Meereense plotline, dubbed "Deadpan's Bestest Nameday Gift," because St. Tyrion is the Mary Sue that keeps on giving. Episode breakdown: 0:00 - Introduction & review of fandom names 7:00 - Recap of the S5 plotline 49:15 - Highlights & Lowlights/Hizdahr zo Sansa's resistance narrative 1:04:37 - Analysis Pt 1: there is no protagonist & Daenerys's adaptation 1:17:13 - Analysis Pt 2: Tyrion's adaptation 1:26:40 - Analysis Pt 3: Barry the Scary & everything is meaningless
